Job Summary:
World Wide Technology is a global technology solutions provider leading the AI and Digital Revolution. The Senior Database Engineer is responsible for the reliability, performance, and continuous improvement of the ERP database platform, managing Oracle databases and providing technical leadership to enhance service quality and scalability.
Responsibilities:
• Lead administration, engineering, and lifecycle management of Oracle database platforms supporting ERP workloads across OCI, on-premises Oracle E-Business Suite, and Oracle SaaS environments.
• Provide end-to-end operational support for on‑premise Oracle E‑Business Suite (EBS), associated on‑premise boundary applications, and ERP‑owned Oracle Cloud SaaS applications.
• Own platform availability, performance, resiliency, and disaster recovery design, including proactive monitoring, tuning, optimization, and incident response.
• Drive automation and AI-assisted improvements that reduce support toil, improve operational consistency, and accelerate issue resolution.
• Define and maintain technical standards, support documentation, and operational practices that improve support readiness and long-term maintainability.
• Partner with project teams, development teams, and vendors to design and implement scalable technical solutions that align with business and platform requirements.
• Provide technical leadership across supporting capabilities such as security, configuration management, observability, and orchestration, including tools such as GitHub, Kubernetes, Ansible, Puppet, Splunk, and Grafana.
• Establish and track key performance indicators to improve platform health, service quality, and stakeholder experience.
• Mentor junior resources, influence technical direction, and promote best practices across the team.
• Participate in on-call support as required and bring a structured, solution-oriented approach to complex functional and technical issues.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of Oracle database administration experience in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience with Oracle high availability and disaster recovery technologies, including RAC and Data Guard.
• Experience designing, recommending, and implementing enterprise database solutions.
• Strong working knowledge of database administration principles, performance tuning, monitoring, and operational support practices.
Preferred:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting Oracle E-Business Suite (R12.2+) environments.
• Experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure administration.
• Experience with Oracle 23ai RAC or later core database platforms.
• Proficiency with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Working knowledge of scripting and infrastructure automation tools such as Python, Bash, Terraform, or Perl.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery practices and service management platforms such as ServiceNow.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
Company:
World Wide Technology provides technology and supply chain solutions for large public and private organizations. Founded in 1990, the company is headquartered in Maryland Heights, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.